I am am outside, a non-UPS'er but had actually been curious about UPS and have even given thought to leaving my current job if I could get a job with UPS.
So, how many of you folks had careers elsewhere but decided to go to UPS, particularly to work in a field that wasn't totally related to your previous line of work?
I am currently, in an IT position but have grown a little bored of the day-to-day life of sitting in a chair at a cubicle and maintaining systems and entering data. The negative part that I can think of with UPS is that I actually think I might prefer to be a driver but I know from reading that they don't really hire them off the street. It sounds like the best way to become one is to work part-time as a package handler for 3+ years and that would get your "clock" going at the company and potentially open the door for a driver position.
Obviously, I would have a tough time leaving a 50k a year job to be a part-time package handler just in the hope (again, hope, not a guarantee) that it would lead to a full-time driver position. Has anyone here gone this route before? Surely we have some people here that made career changes to go to UPS.
So, how many of you folks had careers elsewhere but decided to go to UPS, particularly to work in a field that wasn't totally related to your previous line of work?
I am currently, in an IT position but have grown a little bored of the day-to-day life of sitting in a chair at a cubicle and maintaining systems and entering data. The negative part that I can think of with UPS is that I actually think I might prefer to be a driver but I know from reading that they don't really hire them off the street. It sounds like the best way to become one is to work part-time as a package handler for 3+ years and that would get your "clock" going at the company and potentially open the door for a driver position.
Obviously, I would have a tough time leaving a 50k a year job to be a part-time package handler just in the hope (again, hope, not a guarantee) that it would lead to a full-time driver position. Has anyone here gone this route before? Surely we have some people here that made career changes to go to UPS.